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Dozens of officers from the NYPD and Port Authority gathered at the World Trade Center Thursday and laid flowers at the Sept. 11 memorial’s reflecting pool in a somber tribute to slain Police Officer Randolph Holder.

“We’re in a very sad and difficult time,” Kevin Burke, NYPD Deputy Inspector for the World Trade Center, said after the memorial. “Losing a police officer is a challenge, and our thoughts are‎ with the family.”

More than 50 NYPD officers, as well as 20 civilian employees with the 9/11 Memorial and Port Authority Police Department attended the ceremony at about 11:45 a.m.

In an emotional display, each member approached the memorial one by one and placed yellow and white flowers along the south side reflecting pool — where a panel holds the names of the NYPD officers who perished on 9/11 — in memory of Officer Holder

“It’s something we’re aware of when we take the job,” Burke said of Holder’s tragic end. “The danger is always something we keep in the back of our minds. Putting ourselves in harm’s way is an unfortunate reality of the job, and it’s not for everyone.”

A similar memorial was held for Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were shot execution-style by a cop-hating maniac last December in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

The ceremony was also done for, NYPD Officer Brian Moore, who was fatally shot in Queens allegedly by career criminal Demetrius Blackwell in May.

A source at the PAPD said that the memorial hopes to hold such a tribute for any future officers who might die in the line of duty.

“Thoughts of love and respect for fallen PO Randolph Holder from @Sept11Memorial,” the Memorial & Museum President Joe Daniels wrote on Twitter. “We gather in remembrance.”

Burke said Holder’s family should know that his sacrifice will not be forgotten.

“I think history teaches us that the city of New York as well as the New York City Police Department will never forget and will always stand behind them, and will always be there for them,” Burke said.